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Fire destroys Lindi Friends School in Nairobi, Kenya

On the evening of Sunday, July 24, a fire destroyed Lindi Friends School, run by Nairobi Yearly Meeting, in the… FJ News Editors

Historic peace activism sailboat Golden Rule to make another voyage

From 1946 to 1958, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands displacing Indigenous inhabitants and spreading… FJ News Editors

Friends Academy students fold 2,977 peace cranes to honor 9/11 victims

In June, after ten months of folding origami paper cranes, students at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, N.Y., completed 2,977… FJ News Editors

Inner Light Books joins Barclay Press

The operations of Quaker publishing house Inner Light Books will be carried on by Barclay Press following the retirement of… FJ News Editors

19 Friends launch a call to action in response to threats to U.S. democracy

A nationwide group of Friends launched Quaker Call to Action, “an invitation to a national dialogue on the urgent threats… FJ News Editors

Scattergood-style hostel launches in Germany for Ukranian refugees

When Ukrainian war refugees began to appear in central Germany in February, Bad Langensalza resident Michael Luick-Thrams had a plan.… FJ News Editors

Swastikas spray-painted at Haddonfield Meeting’s graveyard

On the morning of Friday, April 1, members of Haddonfield (N.J.) Meeting discovered two swastikas spray-painted on trees located on… FJ News Editors

Quakers globally respond to war in Ukraine

Many Quaker groups condemned Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine and called for support of all those impacted by the… FJ News Editors

AFSC fires Director of Friends Relations following public criticism of restructuring plan

On Saturday, December 18, 2021, Western Friend published an open letter written by AFSC Director of Friends Relations Lucy Duncan… FJ News Editors

ESR launches Congregational Leadership Center

Earlham School of Religion (ESR), with a million-dollar grant from the Lilly Endowment, is establishing the Quaker Center for Transformational… FJ News Editors

Guilford College reaches fundraising goal

On December 16, 2021, Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., announced that it had reached its goal to raise $6 million.… FJ News Editors

Court refuses to reinstate Quaker practices at New York’s Green Haven Prison

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling on October 18 that denies a preliminary injunction… FJ News Editor

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